O, I Am a Lonely Painter
I live in a can of paint, to paraphrase Joni Mitchell. I’ve been painting the dining room for forever. So many different sections of wall, so many little issues to […]
I live in a can of paint, to paraphrase Joni Mitchell. I’ve been painting the dining room for forever. So many different sections of wall, so many little issues to […]
14 days of school left. Something like 8 lunches left to pack. On June 17, I’m getting in the van and driving… many hours, any direction. It’s been a blur, […]
Every day, one of the first things I do is walk through the garden and see what’s growing. I wish very much that I had been building beds all winter […]
Heyyy, its March 8, the Day Without a Woman. Apparently some of the keys on my keyboard are female because they have decided to not work, so bear wit me […]
Earlier this week, we had two days of mild temperatures, so I decided to harvest all the carrots ahead of the deep freeze that was coming and in which we […]
This week is odd. The boys are at a camp at their school from 8 to 3 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. So we get up early, I make lunches, etc. […]
The Blizzard of 2016/Winter Storm Jonas has come and gone. I’m still not planning on going anywhere today; waiting for the sun to melt my car out. We were able […]
December 28th, time to sum up Christmas. In literal terms, the sums I spent were comparable to last year. Not as small as they could have been, but not as […]
Today is the nadir of the year. After today, the sun starts coming back, ever so slowly. Although the sun has been sticking to its script, the weather has not. […]
Sing it, Judy Garland. Muddling through this crazy week of half-days, parent-teacher conferences, and PTA activities. It’s kind of nice having the kids home earlier. They have had some playdates […]